Trump jokes about replacing Haley, takes it back

UN ambassador, darling of the American Jewish community, is assured her job is safe immediately after quip

US President Donald Trump, sitting next to US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, speaks during a working lunch with ambassadors of countries on the United Nations Security Council and their spouses, April 24, 2017, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (AP/Susan Walsh)

There was a bit of awkwardness at US President Donald Trump’s lunch with UN diplomats when he made an undiplomatic comment about Nikki Haley, his ambassador to the UN.

Trump was kicking off Monday’s lunch with ambassadors of countries on the UN Security Council when he asked the room if they liked Haley, the US ambassador to the UN.

President Donald Trump, sitting next to US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, speaks during a working lunch with ambassadors of countries on the United Nations Security Council and their spouses, April 24, 2017, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

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